“I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.” NationsRecordsGrewGrew UpHighestTraditionTreasureVotersEngagementParticipationCivicsMinnesotaCivic Engagement Author:Al Franken
“It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life.” ChildrenWalksSecretRecordsHonorHighestPerformancesDecadesMeritAcademicScholarFormalValedictorians Author:John Taylor Gatto
“We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.” BelieveEarthFoundHouseRecordsParticularAuthorityHighestAphorismMeek Author:F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
“If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's last election for governor. If I were afraid of polls, we wouldn't have privatized our charity hospital system, we wouldn't cut our state budget 26%, wouldn't have cut over 30,000 state government bureaucrats, wouldn't have done statewide school choice. Here's the real record.” IfsTwoRealStatesDoneGovernmentSchoolLastsChoicesRecordsCuttingHighestElectionCharityBudgetsHospitalsGovernorsPollsPercentagesBureaucratsState GovernmentLandslidesSchool Choice Author:Bobby Jindal
“Writing more and more to the sound of music, writing more and more like music. Sitting in my studio tonight, playing record after record, writing, music a stimulant of the highest order, far more potent than wine.” WritingOrderSoundMusicRecordsHighestSittingWineStudiosTonightWriting MusicStimulantsSound Of MusicMusic Writing Author:Anais Nin
“Why don't we see any questions from the press? Why don't we see anybody from the media saying, 'Mr. President, it's illegal, you started it, you are performing a program that is collecting all of the phone records from all Americans, it's been declared illegal from the second highest court in the land, why don't you stop?'” PresidentRecordsLandMediaHighestProgramCourtPressesPhonesPerformingIllegalCollectingNsa Author:Rand Paul
“We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.” WorldKidsTodaySchoolReadingRecordsStudentsCollegeHighestHigh SchoolRateMathAll TimeScoreHigh School GraduationSchool Graduation Author:Barack Obama
“[On Richard M. Nixon:] The Republican nominee would be far worse than another Eisenhower - he is Tricky Dicky of the first magnitude. His entire record is one of opportunism. I cannot feel that there is the remotest sincerity in him, and that clearly he would be the tool of the highest bidder, which is always 'big business.” FeelsFirstsBigsWould BePoliticsRecordsRepublicanHighestToolsSincerityTrickyMagnitudeBig BusinessOpportunismRichard'm Nixon Author:Marguerite Rawalt
“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may be truly said that the simple record of three years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.” YearsMaySaidDoneCharacterThreeJesusSimplePracticeVirtueRecordsInfluenceMankindHighestPatternsPhilosopherActiveStrongestThree YearsIncentivesMoralistActive Life Author:Ravi Zacharias
“You could go to New York City, you could go to LA, you could go to the highest class studios in the world, they'll have all the bells and whistles, but it's not going to make your record any better.” WorldCitiesClassRecordsNew YorkHighestStudiosNew York CityBells Author:Joe King
“Its true, Im the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesnt care. Thats good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. Its about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.” KnowsWantCareRecordsDirectorsFindingsHighestScriptsGet Better Author:Louis Leterrier